Michigan School District Files Lawsuit, Forms Coalition to Block EFM (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – Highland Park (Mich.) School District, which was placed under the auspices of an emergency financial manager on Monday, announced the formation of a coalition designed to oppose state control and decide upon alternative measures, according to Michigan Radio.
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Charter Schools — Unsafe Pressure-Release Valves We Don’t Need (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | Sarah Butrymowicz on Time.com reports about myriad difficulties facing charter schools and the families of their students when those schools are forced to close. Charter schools are defined in as schools that “get public funds but operate without usual bureaucratic constraints.” The purpose, to be sure, is noble: Help students who are not thriving in traditional public schools pursue academic success in smaller, more supportive environments.
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What Happens to the Kids When Charter Schools Fail? (Time.com)
Time.com – States are closing sub-par charter schools, but shuttling students back to mediocre public schools may be doing kids more harm than good
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Michigan school district is candidate for takeover (Reuters)
Reuters – Michigan officials on Wednesday declared the Highland Park School District in a financial emergency, a step that could lead to a state takeover of the school system.
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Under ACLU pressure, Missouri school drops single-sex classes (Reuters)
Reuters – A small public school district in Missouri said on Wednesday it will stop offering voluntary single-gender classes after it came under pressure from a civil liberties group that opposes them.
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School bus involved in suspected DUI crash in Md. (AP)
AP – Authorities say 20 people have been treated at the hospital for injuries after a three-vehicle accident in southern Maryland involving a school bus full of students, a car and a truck whose driver has been charged with driving under the influence.
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Florida officials probe hazing after drum major’s death (Reuters)
Reuters – Hazing may have been a factor in the death of a Florida college drum major following a popular football and marching band competition between two of the state’s historically black universities, authorities said on Tuesday.
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Teen in Calif. school attack ordered to pay $122K (AP)
AP – A judge has ordered a teenager convicted in a bomb attack on a Northern California high school to pay the school district $122,000 in restitution.
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Ind. couple: School didn’t shield son from bullies (AP)
AP – A couple is suing their northwest Indiana school district, claiming school officials failed to protect their son from prolonged bullying over his Middle Eastern background that culminated in an attack this month that left him with a brain injury.
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LA schools to boost equity for minority students (AP)
AP – A 19-month civil rights investigation of the Los Angeles Unified School District found that the district failed to provide an equal education to English-learners and black students, resulting in wide academic disparities, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.
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LA schools to boost equity for minority students
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